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Khaya Sithole: ‘Sarafina’ doesn’t have ‘Friends’

Opinion Khaya Sithole -

Unlike in the United States, the way actors in South Africa are treated borders on exploitation

Missing: 10 babies, 1 iPad, and my jab

Opinion Paddy Harper -

The decuplets were a fiction, and Ramaphosa’s iPad wasn’t stolen after all. Paddy Harper’s vaccine, however, is still MIA, but he’s feeling hopeful he’ll get one soon

Call for a New Deal for Journalism to strengthen democracy

Opinion The Commission on Information and Democracy -

Changes in news consumption practices and in the information ecosystem have hit newspapers hard

Born in jubilation, South Africa’s constitution faces a test 25 years later

Opinion Hanifa Manda -

Democracy is everyone’s responsibility to defend. Now is a critical time to double up efforts to guard this nation’s constitutional integrity

Mobile makes the insurance model work in Africa – and we’re just getting started

Opinion Marius Botha -

Telecoms networks are the real drivers of financial inclusion on the continent

Editorial: Politicians fiddled, now Gauteng burns in a third wave

Editorial Editorial -

Our system is still not conducive for dealing with community transmissions. Harsher restrictions and constant lockdowns are not the answer

Adolescent suicide: Our children are not all right

Opinion Sonja Pasche -

A study of adolescents who attempted suicide sheds some light into causes and preventative strategies

The future of work will likely be filled with human-machine partnership

Opinion Mark Nasila -

Companies that foster AI literacy and data culture are best positioned to take advantage of technological changes

Entrepreneurship will save South Africa’s youth

Opinion Ian Fuhr -

Complaining about ‘reverse racism’ and BEE serves no one. South Africa’s white youth should focus on entrepreneurship instead

No more excuses for land inertia

Opinion Tembeka Ngcukaitobi -

In the second of a three-part series on South Africa’s land question, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi says the constitution is clear: land seized under colonial states must be returned. But there is only policy confusion and elite possession

E-prime makes speakers take responsibility

Opinion Ruby de Lanerolle -

Being forced to use the active voice and cutting the verb “to be” from our speech can nudge us towards being more accountable — and clearer

Gen Z: A joyful life in a damaged society

Opinion Joseph Goldblatt -

The moral dilemma of privilege has led to nihilism as well as unprecedented social justice action

Obituary: Jabu Mabuza was so much more than a ‘taxi driver’ at Eskom

Opinion Mzimkulu Malunga -

The businessman, who died suddenly this week, leaves a long legacy of highly successful ventures

South Africa’s youth are not ‘millennials’

Opinion David Reiersgord -

Labelling them in the same way as youth in the US leads to false perceptions and misunderstanding

Will the EFF capitalise on the ANC’s governance failures?

Opinion Ebrahim Harvey -

Good election outcomes for the party will mean Julius Malema’s dangerous racism will again receive airtime

A portal to empathy: Photographs that change the world

Opinion Sazi Bongwe -

It is important not to look away from visceral pictorial evidence of the suffering of disempowered people

Decuplets miss family meeting

Opinion Paddy Harper -

While the nation is seized with the 10 babies soapie, the third wave is upon us and the country has moved to level-three lockdown

Editorial: We owe it to our youth to listen

Editorial Editorial -

The Mail & Guardian launched ‘Ask Yourself’, a podcast by M&G Listen on Youth Day.

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